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The facility’s roof consists of 3,000 tons of structural steel that support a PTFE membrane. The PTFE fabric is suspended from 430-foot-long structural steel trusses that support an array of structural steel v-columns. Design architect Populous designed the roof form and then worked in tandem with Walter P Moore to create the roof’s structure and subdivide it into trusses. All images and renderings courtesy Populous

Avery Dennison research facility opens in Mentor, Ohio

April 01, 2007 |

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Global label manufacturer Avery Dennison has consolidated the corporate leadership and research teams of its largest division into a new 222,000-sf office and research facility in Mentor, Ohio. Cleveland-based architect ka designed the four-story building, which includes 145,000 sf of office space and 45,000 sf of labs. Labs, offices, product display areas, and the cafeteria are organized around a two-story, day-lit atrium. Kling, Philadelphia, handled the interior design, with Duke Construction as general contractor.

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